JPH1063673A - Electronic retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic retrieving device improved at its operability by simplifying the input of characters. SOLUTION: The electronic retrieving device is provided with a name list memory 11 for previously storing plural name data, a character keyboard 1 for outputting a character code corresponding to each character by the use of a character key, a voice input part 6 for inputting a voice, converting the voice into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal, a voice recognition part 7 for recognizing an output received from the input part 6 as a character, converting the character into a character recognition code and outputting the code, and a control part 10 for extracting name data based on the character code inputted from the keyboard 1 or the voice recognition part 7 and plural peripheral data included in the same group from the memory 11, displays the extracted data on the screen of a character display part 4 and outputting the name data determined at its output through an output part 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for storing a plurality of name data in a name list memory in advance, extracting the name data from the name list memory based on a character code input from a character keyboard, and displaying the name data on a character display unit. The present invention relates to an electronic search device that outputs name data displayed on a screen based on a determination input, and more particularly to an electronic search device that simplifies character input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of electronic retrieval apparatus, an operator operates a character keyboard on a screen of a character display unit provided in a music selection remote control device (hereinafter, referred to as a music selection remote control) in a karaoke system, for example. Characters are input one by one and displayed as characters, and when the music is selected and determined, the selected music data is transmitted to the karaoke output set.

A conventional music selection remote control (music selection remote control device) 30 having no microphone 40 in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

[0006] In the illustrated song selection remote controller 30, when a song title is selected, a character input into the character display unit 31 one by one using the Japanese character keyboard 32, for example, “Amagi”
Is displayed on the screen, and the tune name corresponding to the input character is indexed from the built-in list and displayed on the screen. Next, one song title is selected and designated on the screen by operating the cursor key 33, and the song data to be sent to the karaoke output set is set by pressing the enter key 34 for confirmation and sending instruction.

If the cancel key 35 is not pressed and the remote control button 36 is pressed, the selected music data is sent to the karaoke output set.

[0006]

A problem with the above-mentioned conventional electronic search apparatus is that, in the case of a music selection remote control of a karaoke system, nerves are used for setting a desired music name or a singer name to be selected by characters. It is difficult to set depending on the person who chooses.

The reason is that the setting of characters such as a song name or a singer's name is for searching and inputting one of 50 types of characters, and some people who use karaoke are drunk. This is because many such people are included.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by providing an electronic search device which has improved operability by simplifying character input.

[0009]

An electronic retrieval apparatus according to the present invention stores a plurality of name data in a name list memory in advance, retrieves the name data from the name list memory based on a character code input from a character keyboard, and outputs a character. An electronic search device that displays a screen on a display unit and outputs name data displayed on the screen based on the input of the determination, a voice input unit that inputs voice, converts the voice into an electric signal, and outputs the signal, and an output of the voice input unit Receiving a character recognition code output from the voice recognition unit, recognizing the received character as a character and converting it to a character recognition code, and extracting name data corresponding to the character recognition code from the name list memory. And a control unit for displaying a screen on the character display unit.

One specific electronic search device for the karaoke system is a voice input unit for inputting voice, converting it into an electric signal, and outputting the signal, and recognizing the output of the voice input unit as voice and performing character recognition. A voice recognition unit that converts and outputs a code, a song list memory that stores a song list including at least the singer name and the song name as the name data, and at least one of the singer name and the song name based on the input selection information And a control unit for retrieving the peripheral data of the indexed music data by searching the music list memory in accordance with the above and displaying the data on the screen on the character display unit.

The above means has a voice input unit and a voice recognition unit in addition to the conventional character keyboard, and can input characters one by one by voice.

[0012]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the illustrated electronic search device, a character keyboard 1, a selection / decision key 2, a character data memory 3, a character display unit 4, an output unit 5, a voice input unit 6, a voice recognition unit 7, a name list memory 11, and a send button 12 , And a control unit (CPU) 10 are provided.

The difference from the prior art is that the voice input unit 6 and the voice recognition unit 7 are used as input means in addition to the character keyboard 1.
It is to have.

The character keyboard 1 inputs characters to the control unit 10 using the 50-syllabary key "Hiragana" or "Katakana". In the case of English, 26 alphabets can be input.

A selection / decision key 2 is a cursor for selecting one from a group of name data based on a plurality of name data output to the character display unit 4 based on the character input from the character keyboard 1, and determines the selection. It includes an enter key and a cancel key for canceling settings and the like, and sends operation information of these keys to the control unit 10.

The character data memory 3 includes a character keyboard 1
The character code input to the control unit 10 from one of the voice recognition unit 7 and the voice recognition unit 7 is stored as character data that can be displayed on the screen of the character display unit 4. The character data memory 3 may be built in the character display unit 4 or the control unit 10.

The character display unit 4 displays the characters stored in the character data memory 3 and the name data group indexed from the name list memory 11 based on the characters, and the like.
It is assumed that an instruction of 0 is displayed on the screen.

The output unit 5 is controlled by the control unit 10 to transmit one name data determined by the pressing operation of the transmission button 12 in the character display unit 4 and being displayed on the screen, to the outside. .

The voice input unit 6 is, for example, a microphone (hereinafter, referred to as a microphone), converts voice into an electric signal, and outputs it to the voice recognition unit 7. The voice recognition unit 7 converts the electric signal from the voice input unit 6 into a character code, and
It shall be output to 0.

The name list memory 11 has the same genre,
Name data classified into the same group are listed and stored in advance, and character data is received from the control unit 10 and name data having the same character data as the character data is output.

The send button 12 sends push operation information to the control unit 10 and causes the output unit 5 to send the name data determined by the above determination key under the control of the control unit 10.

[0023]

Next, the configuration and operating functions of an electronic search device will be described with reference to a music selection remote control device of a karaoke system which embodies the above embodiment.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, a music selection remote control device (hereinafter referred to as a music selection remote control) 30 has a character display unit 31, a character keyboard 32, and a cursor key 3 on its surface.
3. It has an enter key 34, a cancel key 35, and a remote control button 36, and has a microphone 40 for voice input inside in contact with a slit (not shown) for voice input on the surface.

The difference from the prior art is that a microphone 40 is provided.

In the illustrated song selection remote controller 30, when a song name is selected, character data input to the character display unit 31 one by one on the character keyboard 32 of the Japanese syllabary, or voice data input to the microphone 40 one by one by voice. For example, the character "Amagi" is displayed on the screen, and the song title corresponding to the input character is indexed including a plurality of peripheral songs from the music list included in the same genre and the same group, and is displayed on the screen.

Next, one song title is selected and designated on the screen by operating the cursor key 33, and song title data to be transmitted to the karaoke output set is set by pressing the enter key 34 for confirmation and transmission instruction. Is done. The music title data includes a call number assigned to the music title that drives the karaoke output set.

If the cancel key 35 is not pressed and the remote control button 36 is pressed, the song name data of the selected song is sent to the karaoke output set.

Next, a configuration of the music selection remote control device of the karaoke system will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a music selection remote control device of the karaoke system. The illustrated electronic search device has substantially the same configuration as that of FIG. 1 and includes a character keyboard 1, a selection / decision key 2, a character data memory 3, a character display unit 4,
The output unit 5, the voice input unit 6, the voice recognition unit 7, the music list memory 21, the remote control button 22, and the control unit (CP
U) 20.

The difference from FIG. 1 is that the music list memory 2
1. Remote control button 22 and control unit (CPU) 20
The difference from the conventional one is that the voice input unit 6 is similar to FIG.
And the voice recognition unit 7.

The character keyboard 1 inputs a character code to the control unit 20 by the Japanese syllabary key of "Hiragana" shown in the character keyboard 32 of FIG.

The selection / decision key 2 selects one of a plurality of song title data (song title, song call number, etc.) output to the character display unit 4 based on the character code input from the character keyboard 1. It includes a cursor key (33 in FIG. 4), a decision key (34 in FIG. 4) for deciding a selection, and a cancel key (35 in FIG. 4) for canceling settings and the like, and sends operation information of these keys to the control unit 20. To be the same as the conventional one.

The character data memory 3 stores the character keyboard 1
The character codes such as the song name and the singer name input from either one of the voice recognition unit 7 to the control unit 20 are stored and stored as character data that can be displayed on the character display unit 4 sequentially from the first character.

The character display section 4 has the character display section 31 shown in FIG. 4, and stores character data such as a song name and a singer name stored in the character data memory 3 and a music list memory 21 (described later) based on the character data. ) Is displayed on the screen in response to an instruction from the control unit 20.

The output unit 5 outputs one karaoke data under the control of the control unit 20 under the control of the control unit 20 and outputs one tune name data determined from the tune name data group held in the character display unit 4 and displayed on the screen by pressing the remote control button 22. Sent to the set.

The voice input unit 6 is a microphone (40 in FIG. 4), which converts voice into an electric signal and outputs it to the voice recognition unit 7.

The voice recognition unit 7 converts an electric signal from the voice input unit 6 into a character code and outputs the character code to the control unit 20. The voice recognition unit 7 includes a voice recognition IC (Integrated Circuit) and its peripheral chips. And

Under the control of the control unit 20, the music list memory 21 enumerates music data including a music title, a singer's name, lyrics, a lyricist's name, a composer's name, and stores the data in advance.
It is assumed that music data is received from the control unit 20 and music title data is output from music data having the same character data as the character data.

The remote control button 22 sends push operation information to the control unit 20, and causes the output unit 5 to transmit the music title data determined by the above determination key under the control of the control unit 20.

Next, a main operation procedure of a music selection remote control device of a karaoke system will be described as a specific example of the electronic search device with reference to FIGS.

First, when the switch is turned on and the voice is input to the voice input unit 6 via the microphone (40 in FIG. 4) one character at a time (step S1), the voice recognition unit 7 receives one character at a time. Is converted into a character code and sent to the control unit 20. The control unit 20 converts the character code into character data, displays the characters one by one on the character display unit 4, and stores the characters in a character data memory (step S2).

When the input of a continuous character code from the voice recognition unit 7 stops, the control unit 20 searches the music list memory 21 based on the character data in the character data memory 3 (step S3). Next, the control unit 20 reads the music data including the search character data and the peripheral data from the music list memory 21, selects the peripheral music names, and displays them on the character display unit 4 as a music name group on the screen (step S4).

Here, when the setting is canceled by operating the cancel key (YES in step S5), the control unit 20 deletes the character data stored in the character data memory 3 (step S20), and the character display unit. The character display of 4 is also erased, and the procedure returns to the initial procedure S1.

In step S5, "NO" means no cancellation, and the number displayed on the screen is input from the voice input unit 6 (step S6).
If the input is recognized by the voice recognition unit 7 and input (step S7), the control unit 20 displays the cursor on the song name of the corresponding number on the screen of the character display unit 4 (31 in FIG. 4) to select it. (Step S8).

Here, when the decision information by the pressing operation of the decision key (34 in FIG. 4) of the selection / decision key 2 is received (YES in step S9), the control unit 20 is displayed on the screen and selected by the cursor. The song name data is set in the output unit 5, and is transmitted to an external karaoke output set by operating a transmission button (not shown) included in the remote operation button 22 (step S10), and the procedure ends.

If the step S9 is "NO" and no music is determined, the procedure returns to the step S5 and repeats the steps up to the step S9.

If the procedure S1 is "NO" and not a voice input,
When character data is input from the character keyboard 1 (step S21), the control unit 20 converts this character code into character data, displays the characters one by one on the character display unit 4, and stores them in the character data memory 3 ( Step S22), and proceed to the above-mentioned step S3 of music search.

If the step S6 is "NO" and the input is not a voice input, a song name is selected by the cursor key (33 in FIG. 4) of the selection / decision key 2, and the procedure proceeds to the step S9 of song name determination.

In the above description, the voice recognition unit outputs the same character code as the output of the character keyboard to the control unit, and the control unit can perform the same procedure after the character code processing on both the voice recognition unit and the character keyboard. However, the voice recognition unit may directly output character data that can be directly displayed on the character display unit. In addition, although it has been described that the voice input by the character string until the voice is interrupted is recognized by voice, the voice input of each character may be received, and the control unit may search the music list memory every time one character is input.

In the above description, the names of the surrounding songs are listed in the first letter portion of the song names, but a series of song names sung by the singer name, a series of song names written by the lyricist, and a series of song names composed by the composer May be listed.

By registering the data in the music list memory in advance, different data such as a singer name and a song singing part in the case of the same music title are displayed side by side with the music title on the character display section, and the difference in the contents is displayed. Can be clarified. As the lyrics, the singing of the lyrics, the singing of "rust", and the like can also be used for song selection.

For the enumeration of song titles, data included in song title data such as singer names, lyricist names, and lyrics may be displayed side by side with song titles.

In the case where the song title is index-displayed by singer name, lyricist name, lyrics, etc. other than the song name, the name of the singer, lyricist, etc. is indicated by keys, buttons, or a combination thereof, although not described above. , Lyrics, etc. can be designated in advance to reduce the amount of search by the control unit.

Further, even in the above-described case where designation or setting is performed by using keys or buttons, designation or setting can be performed by voice input and voice recognition. As described above, when voices of different genres are continuously input, at least one of a key, a button, and a voice (word) is specified and used for switching.

In the above description, the character data memory is shown and described in the function block independently. However, the character data memory may be built in the control unit or the character display unit. Thus, the function block and the operation procedure have been shown and described. However, distribution by separation and combination of functions, exchange before and after the procedure, parallel operation, and the like are free as long as the above functions are satisfied, and the above description does not limit the present invention.

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect of improving operability by simplifying character input.

The reason is that the electronic search device of the present invention is
A predetermined voice such as a zero sound or a key code is input and voice recognition is performed, a plurality of pieces of music title data including peripherals in the same group are read out from a pre-stored music list, and displayed on a character display unit, and the screen is displayed. Since the displayed song name can be selected and determined,
This is because there is no need to select and operate one by one from many key buttons.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing one embodiment of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a main operation procedure in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan layout view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 32 character keyboard 2 selection / decision key 3 character data memory 4, 31 character display unit 5 output unit 6 voice input unit 7 voice recognition unit 10, 20 control unit (CPU) 11 name list memory 12 send button 21 music list memory 22, 36 remote control button 30 music selection remote control device 33 cursor key 34 enter key 35 cancel key

Claims (6)

[Claims] A plurality of name data are stored in a name list memory in advance, the name data is taken out from the name list memory based on a character code input from a character keyboard, displayed on a character display unit, and is displayed based on a determination input. An electronic search device that outputs name data displayed on a screen
A voice input unit that inputs voice, converts it into an electric signal, and outputs it; a voice recognition unit that receives the output of the voice input unit, recognizes the character, converts it to a character recognition code, and outputs it; An electronic search device, comprising: a control unit that receives a character recognition code, retrieves name data corresponding to the character recognition code from the name list memory, and displays a screen on the character display unit. 2. The electronic search device according to claim 1, wherein the character code input from the character keyboard and the character recognition code output from the voice recognition unit are the same character code. 3. The electronic search device according to claim 1, wherein the character recognition code output from the voice recognition unit is converted into character data to be input to the character display unit or the name list memory. . 4. The electronic search device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit retrieves the name data corresponding to the character recognition code and its peripheral data from the name list memory and displays the screen. 5. A plurality of name data is stored in a name list memory in advance, the name data is taken out of the name list memory based on a character code input from a character keyboard, displayed on a character display unit, and displayed based on a determination input. An electronic search device that outputs name data displayed on a screen
A voice input unit for inputting voice and converting it to an electric signal, and outputting the voice signal; a voice recognition unit for recognizing the output of the voice input unit as voice and converting it to a character recognition code; and a tune list including at least a singer name and a tune name A song list memory that stores in advance the name data as the name data, and retrieves the indexed song data by searching the song list memory according to at least one of the singer name and the song name based on the input selection information, and retrieves the indexed song data. An electronic search device, comprising: a music selection remote control device; 6. The program according to claim 5, wherein, when searching and indexing the music list memory, the control unit retrieves music data and peripheral data based on the inputted search information and displays the data on the screen on the character display unit. An electronic search device characterized by the above-mentioned.